91352 |
ARAB 101 BeginningArabic |
Elizabeth
Holt |
. T W Th F |
1:30 -2:30 pm |
OLINLC 210 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed: Africana Studies, Middle
Eastern Studies Students are
trained through the use of the most current pedagogical developments of
communicative, visual and narrative methods developed by primarily AL-Kitaab fii Ta` allum al- `Arabiyya. Students
will enlarge their speaking, reading, writing and comprehension skills in
Modern Standard Arabic, the form of Arabic shared by all Arab countries.
Classroom time is devoted to conversation (skits and discussions) and grammar
exercises (including skim-reading tasks, spiraling and inference, analogy,
problem solving, and educated guessing), stemming from the DVDs and other
untainted materials. For example, in the course of the semester you will learn
Arabic through a variety of musical traditions both classical and modern. The
course will continue to introduce students to some Egyptian colloquial.
Consistent emphasis is placed on authentic resources that derive from the most
updated cultural contexts, realities and creative work of the Arab world such
as gender issues, Arab-Muslim and Arab-Christian traditions, social clubs,
ethnic groups, the role of the media etc. Students are expected to devote
adequate time for homework, meet with a tutor every week to help them with
homework and attend a session of Spoken Arabic.
Class size: 20
91279 |
ARAB 201 Intermediate
Arabic |
Dina
Ramadan |
. T W Th . |
11:50 -1:10 pm |
OLINLC 210 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed: Africana Studies, Middle East Studies This course will focus on the functional
use of Arabic in a natural communication setting. The four basic linguistic
skills will be dealt with simultaneously. Active and passive lexicon as well as
advanced grammatical structures will be taught through exposure to a wide range
of texts. Aspects of Arab culture and differences between Modern Standard
Arabic and the spoken language will be highlighted. Conducted
mainly in Modern Standard Arabic.
Class
size: 18
91681 |
ARAB 301 Advanced
Arabic |
Dina
Ramadan |
. T . Th . |
10:10 - 11:30 am |
OLINLC 208 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed: Africana Studies, Middle East Studies The course focuses on developing a
significant level of linguistic and communicative competence in the
language. The four linguistic skills will
be dealt with simultaneously. Modern
literary and expository texts, as well as a selection of texts from Arab media
will be read to expand active and passive lexicon and grammatical structures. Differences between modern standard Arabic as
well as aspects of Arab cultures will be highlighted. Class
size: 15